Quotes about Devotion

With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve. Votes: 4

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about. Votes: 4

Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love. Votes: 4

Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature. Votes: 4

Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done. Votes: 4

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations. Votes: 4

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. Votes: 4

Devotion, like fire, goeth upward. Votes: 3

Devotion is diligence without assurance Votes: 3

Devotion means a profusion of life. Votes: 3

Ignorance is the Mother of Devotion. Votes: 3

Devotion's self shall steal a thought from heaven. Votes: 3

Devotion begins at home, inside your own awareness. Votes: 3

Knowledge, Action and Devotion are complementary to each other. Votes: 3

Devotion required by the Gita is no soft-hearted effusiveness. Votes: 3

Devotion means your involvement with life is no more conditional. Votes: 3

Devotion to Truth is the sole justification for our existence. Votes: 3

Ignorance is the Mother not of Devotion, but of Heresy. Votes: 3

Devotion to duty is the highest form of worship of God. Votes: 3

Many infidels have maintained that Ignorance is the mother of Devotion. Votes: 3

Devotion to God, righteousness and wisdom, will keep us safe on earth. Votes: 3

Devotion (Bhakti) includes Sentimental Devotion (Bhav Bhakti) and Devotion through action (Kruti Bhakti). Votes: 3

Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it. Votes: 3

The most Superior amongst the colors in the universe is the color of Devotion. Votes: 3

Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things. Votes: 3

Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians. Votes: 3

For success in life you need yukti (skill) and shakti (strength), Bhakti (Devotion ) and Mukti (Freedom). Votes: 3

Devotion, fervor, longing! Those are my pillars. We have to be the bridge to the future. Votes: 3

It calls Devotion! genuine growth of night! Devotion! Daughter of Astronomy! An undevout astronomer is mad! Votes: 3

Devotion means constantly thinking about God or your teacher. It is like always thinking about your beloved. Votes: 3

Devotion is a tool to dissolve yourself into nothingness and become the very hand of the Divine. Votes: 3

Devotion, when it does not lie under the check of reason, is apt to degenerate into enthusiasm. Votes: 3

Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service. Votes: 3

Devotion is when your involvement with life is so absolute that you yourself do not matter anymore. Votes: 3

Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.' Votes: 3

Faith is the subject of the head. Devotion is the subject of the heart and meditation connects both. Votes: 3

To achieve progress and development it is necessary to bring about co-ordination between liberty and security through Devotion. Votes: 3

Devotion means your limited entity has been dissolved; a much larger possibility has become a living reality for you. Votes: 3

Devotion is the realization that wealth, education and power are God given gifts and not the endowments of fate. Votes: 3

Devotion to God is studying him in every aspect; serving God is teaching what you know of Him to others. Votes: 3

Devotion is a place where you do not exist; life just flows through you as a certain sweetness and beauty. Votes: 3

Devotion is not about a God. Devotion is about you making your emotions so sweet that your life experience becomes beautiful. Votes: 3

Devotion to you, O Blessed Virgin, is a means of salvation which God gives to those whom he wishes to save. Votes: 3

Devotion is not a concept, not a certain kind of ideology, not a certain kind of act, it is the agent of dissolution. Votes: 3

Devotion to the facts will always give the pleasures of recognition; adherence to the rules of design, the pleasures of order and certainty. Votes: 3

Devotion is about you. Maybe you use another object as inspiration, but you change your quality; you walk more joyfully, gently upon this planet. Votes: 3

Devotion is the spark that can fire up your chemistry and energy to such a level that it creates an explosion of ecstasy within you. Votes: 3

Devotion is diligence without assurance. If faith were rational, it wouldn't be by definition faith. Faith is walking face-first and full speed into the dark. Votes: 3

Devotion means who you are should merge with what you are doing. Otherwise, whatever your activity may be, it will not be of any great significance. Votes: 3

Devotion is not drama. Devotion is a way of living. Devotion is the way you walk, the way you breathe, and the way your heart beats. Votes: 3

Devotion is a way of being, it's not something you do. It's dedication to finding awareness and Love. Chanting is like asanas for the mind and the heart. Votes: 3

Devotion does not mean only Chanting praise and singing glory of God, nor fasting and offerings made to God. Devotion is a specific attitude towards life and existence. Votes: 3

Devotion as an act is vulgar. Devotion as a way of life is wonderful. If you are a great devotee, it is ugly. If you are devout, it is beautiful. Votes: 3

Devotion is like the candle which Michael Angelo used to take in his pasteboard cap, so as not to throw his shadow upon the work in which he was engaged. Votes: 3

Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying "Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace in advance what I am presently incapable of understanding. Votes: 3

Love combined with wisdom is bliss, and that is devotion. Devotion is a strong bond, a sense of belongingness. Everybody is born with it. It's just like becoming a child again Votes: 3

Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking. Votes: 3

Devotion is love overflowing. Even when there is nobody, it is overflowing - to things, to tables, to chairs, to walls. It is just overflowing, it is not a question of to whom. Votes: 3

You can easily substitute the intellect for true devotion. Devotion comes from the heart, and from the will. The intellect, you can cerebrally answer things, but you make a big mistake when that happens. Votes: 3

Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values of the Gospel. Votes: 3

Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire. Votes: 2

Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make. Votes: 2

The discipline of daily devotion to God undergirds decisions. Votes: 2

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing. Votes: 2

I have moved from certainty to doubt, from devotion to rebellion. Votes: 2

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal. Votes: 2

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal Votes: 2

With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself. Votes: 2

Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone. Votes: 2

I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion. Votes: 2

In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep. Votes: 2

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself. Votes: 2

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics. Votes: 2

I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on. Votes: 2

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved. Votes: 2

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. Votes: 2

Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs - loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love - can be elusive to humans. Votes: 2

Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office. Votes: 2

With all his sincerity and devotion, the authentic, absolute atheist is after all only an abortive saint, and at the same time, a mistaken revolutionist. Votes: 2

Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things. Votes: 2

James's expedition to Scotland is wholly imaginary, though there appears to have been space for it during Henry's progress to the North to pay his devotions at Beverley Minster. Votes: 2

If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love. Votes: 2

Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art. Votes: 2

Cut your morning devotions into your personal grooming. You would not go out to work with a dirty face. Why start the day with the face of your soul unwashed? Votes: 2

The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state. Votes: 2

The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord. Votes: 2

Through devotion, your family cares become more peaceful, mutual love between husband and wife becomes more sincere, the service we owe to the prince more faithful, and our work, no matter what it is, becomes more pleasant and agreeable. Votes: 2

True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding. Votes: 2

We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from our devotion to the cause of the oppressed, the down trodden, the insulted and injured masses of our fellow men. Votes: 2

When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people assemble together to sing, and, although professed Christians, frequently dishonor God and their faith by their frivolous conversation and their choice of music. Votes: 2

The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church. Votes: 2

Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women. Votes: 2

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible. Votes: 2

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever. Votes: 2

Nelson Mandela went to jail believing in violence, and 27 years later he and his colleagues had slowly and carefully honed the skills, the incredible skills, that they needed to turn one of the most vicious governments the world has known into a democracy. And they did it in a total devotion to non-violence. Votes: 2

What does it mean to love someone with all your heart? It means to love with all your emotional feelings and with all your devotion. Surely when you love your wife with all your heart, you cannot demean her, criticize her, find fault with her, or abuse her by words, sullen behavior, or actions. Votes: 2

First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her - for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys. Votes: 2

Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith Votes: 1

So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning Votes: 1

Knowledge often spoils devotion. Votes: 0

Despair the twin-born of devotion. Votes: 0

Complete self-devotion is woman's part. Votes: 0

... nothing is so boring as devotion. Votes: 0

Attention is the beginning of devotion. Votes: 0

Prayer is the acid test of devotion. Votes: 0

Knowledge without devotion to God produces hatred. Votes: 0

Even the impossible becomes possible through devotion. Votes: 0

Successful couples love each other with complete devotion Votes: 0

Mrs Thatcher requires devotion as well as obedience. Votes: 0

Knowledge without devotion will be like a misfire. Votes: 0

Prayer thrives in the atmosphere of true devotion. Votes: 0

The sterner the discipline, the greater the devotion. Votes: 0

Doubt the man who swears to his devotion. Votes: 0

I have a lifelong devotion to public service. Votes: 0

Earnestness is the devotion of all the faculties. Votes: 0

Not all people who inspire devotion are monsters. Votes: 0

Give full attention and devotion to each act. Votes: 0

Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion. Votes: 0

The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion. Votes: 0

You want something? Go get it with single-minded devotion. Votes: 0

The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion. Votes: 0

I may die of earthly love, or of devotion. Votes: 0

He who wishes for goods will never have devotion. Votes: 0

Great things are done by devotion to one idea. Votes: 0

The athlete must make a devotion of his specialty. Votes: 0

Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth Votes: 0

Knowledge without devotion is like a stone in water. Votes: 0

Only wisdom and virtue can truly win men's devotion. Votes: 0

Artwork is a representation of our devotion to life. Votes: 0

Through knowledge and devotion, transcend all karma and be free. Votes: 0

Love grows from stable relationships, shared experience, loyalty, devotion, trust. Votes: 0

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy. Votes: 0

You are the sum of my infatuation and infinite devotion. Votes: 0

No one ever lost out by excessive devotion to Christ. Votes: 0

Nothing could replace the feeling of total devotion from another person. Votes: 0

few things are more rewarding than a child's open uncalculating devotion. Votes: 0

Obedience, forgiveness, and devotion are in the blood of every victim. Votes: 0

The secret of true happiness lies within unwavering devotion to God Votes: 0

The principle of literature is devotion to the particulars of life. Votes: 0

Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success. Votes: 0

A grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness. Votes: 0

I like it when science and devotion find places of intersection. Votes: 0

The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service for Him. Votes: 0

You can elevate yourself to higher self by devotion to God. Votes: 0

For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me. Votes: 0

When ideas become gods, consciousness of harmony becomes devotion, humility, and hope. Votes: 0

Fine music without devotion is but a splendid garment upon a corpse. Votes: 0

I want to live not for selfish gain, but for selfless devotion. Votes: 0

You proved to be worthy of my devotion. Of Death’s...love Votes: 0

You, too, can be carved anew by the details of your devotion. Votes: 0

In Jewish tradition, death-defying devotion to scholarship was the stuff of saintliness. Votes: 0

Nothing will carry you through hardship like a sincere devotion to Christ. Votes: 0

Religion to me is devotion to work and devotedly working is being religious. Votes: 0

Because modernism has conquered art, kitsch is the savior of talent and devotion. Votes: 0

Let us have no further blind devotion to the communist dominated United Nations! Votes: 0

Love is not about liking, loving and caring, but appreciation, understanding and devotion. Votes: 0

Worship the Trinity, which I call the only true devotion and saving doctrine. Votes: 0

If evils increase, the devotion of the People of God should also increase. Votes: 0

The full ashtanga system practiced with devotion leads to freedom within one's heart. Votes: 0

Creating music is a wonderful way to celebrate our devotion for Lord Shiva. Votes: 0

True devotion is for itself: not to desire heaven nor to fear hell. Votes: 0

I should never deem a man of ordinary caliber worthy of my devotion. Votes: 0

Even trivial events demonstrate strong devotion to the Universe and small concern for ego. Votes: 0

Men who refuse to worship the true God now worship themselves with tender devotion. Votes: 0

I want to know what real devotion is, but then that's just a word. Votes: 0

Never expect anything less than devotion from someone who has claim on your heart. Votes: 0

Without devotion, action and knowledge are cold and dry and many even become shackles. Votes: 0

True love is like religion. It is full of devotion and free of doubt. Votes: 0

I love horror, fantasy and sci-fi. Those are my genres of love and devotion. Votes: 0

A life growing in its purity and devotion will be a more prayerful life. Votes: 0

Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives and the sincerest part of our devotion. Votes: 0

Your devotion to God is illustrated, demonstrated, and authenticated by your love for others. Votes: 0

Maybe I was afraid to trust him with something so personal as my devotion. Votes: 0

I think the level of devotion some sci-fi fans display turns other people off. Votes: 0

Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion. Votes: 0

Those who make use of devotion as a means and end generally are hypocrites. Votes: 0

One grain of incense with devotion offer'd 'S beyond all perfumes of Sabaean spices. Votes: 0

Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else? Votes: 0

My weight fluctuates depending on my mood and my current devotion to my fitness routine. Votes: 0

It is impossible to save one's soul without devotion to Mary and without her protection. Votes: 0

His perfect kingdom of killing, suffering and pain Demands devotion, atrocities done in his name. Votes: 0

To struggle is difficult but to surrender is easy. Surrender is the beginning of devotion. Votes: 0

With the sincere devotion of our employees, Samsung has achieved stellar performances since its foundation. Votes: 0

Through the cold time she holds me with evergreen devotion she bears up my whiteness. Votes: 0

One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life. Votes: 0

Our love story is not written yet, it is mix of stupidity, fun and devotion. Votes: 0

May the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences! Votes: 0

Nothing is worthy of man as man unless he can pursue it with passionate devotion. Votes: 0

For me, one of the pleasures of cats company is their devotion to bodily comfort. Votes: 0

There is no greater threat to our devotion to Christ than our service for Christ. Votes: 0

Give up bearing children and bear hope and love and devotion to those already born. Votes: 0

Love of Mary and devotion to her are a sure sign of obtaining eternal salvation. Votes: 0

Renunciation is the central sun, round which devotion, knowledge and the rest revolve like planets. Votes: 0

I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime. Votes: 0

The real pleasure of one's life is the devotion to a great objective of one's consideration. Votes: 0

Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed. Votes: 0

People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference. Votes: 0

Godly character flows out of devotion to God and practically confirms the reality of that devotion. Votes: 0

In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion. Votes: 0

There seemed to be some correlation between devotion to God and a misguided zeal for marshmallows. Votes: 0

According to our purpose, motivation and sincerity, which compose our devotion, Krishna reveals Himself to us. Votes: 0

A devotee has no agenda of his own. For him, the object of devotion is everything. Votes: 0

Real inward devotion knows no prayer but that arising from the depths of its own feelings. Votes: 0

Let man's soul be a sphere, and then, in this, The intelligence that moves, devotion is. Votes: 0

With every breath, I plant the seeds of devotion, I am a farmer of the heart. Votes: 0

Everybody likes to go their own way"“to choose their own time and manner of devotion. Votes: 0

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for death. Votes: 0

Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness. Votes: 0

July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion. Votes: 0

Bravery and devotion to duty hath no greater reward than to see the cat get into trouble. Votes: 0

Those who are lacking in bhakti (devotion), lacking in faith, are ill qualified to interpret the scriptures. Votes: 0

Are We Going to die in our religion or are we going to die in our devotion? Votes: 0

The perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which men seem incapable, but which is sometimes found in women. Votes: 0

God first seeks devotion to Him in the hidden place"“worship when no one else is watching. Votes: 0

Charity and devotion differ no more, the one from the other, than the flame from the fire. Votes: 0

The purest definition of religious is: relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality. Votes: 0

Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion. Votes: 0

No one who shall invoke this Mother of Grace with devotion and perseverance can possibly perish forever. Votes: 0

It requires more than a day's devotion to know and to possess the wealth of a day. Votes: 0

You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could. Votes: 0

The practice of Sufism is the intention to move toward truth by means of love and devotion. Votes: 0

A man is no true Christian if he has no devotion to the Mother of Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

I don't know if you realize it or not, but your sudden devotion to her is creepy. Votes: 0

Two conditions that warrant someone's unconditional devotion: 1. Save their life 2. Help them move a pillow top mattress Votes: 0

Aggressiveness is not the main trouble with the human species, but rather an excess capacity for fanatical devotion. Votes: 0

Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion. Votes: 0

Tinted Distances is a tender meditation that reveals a careful eye and steady devotion to elegy and ode. Votes: 0

As Ecclesiastes tells it, a wholesale devotion to pleasure will, paradoxically, lead to a state of utter despair. Votes: 0

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist. Votes: 0

Knowledge and devotion, to be true, have to stand the test of renunciation of the fruits of action. Votes: 0

Reserve is no more essentially connected with understanding than a church organ with devotion, or wine with good-nature. Votes: 0

Without devotion any life becomes a stranger's story...told for the body to forget what it once loved. Votes: 0

The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life. Votes: 0

It is not because there is God that devotion has come; because there is devotion, there is God. Votes: 0

Abe glanced at Rose. "You see that?" he said. "Now that's devotion." She rolled her eyes at him. Votes: 0

I knew nothing but love and devotion when I was growing up. Trust me, it makes everything easier. Votes: 0

Golf is a game where guts and blind devotion will always net you absolutely nothing but an ulcer. Votes: 0

Discipleship is based solely on devotion to Jesus Christ, not on following after a particular belief or doctrine. Votes: 0

One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion. Votes: 0

"The best form of devotion to the service of Allah is not to make a show of it." Votes: 0

Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long. Votes: 0

Friendship is strengthened by...that which ever so lightly elevates us from the trough of self-concern and self-devotion. Votes: 0

The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. Votes: 0

Patriotism is merely a religion-love of country, worship of country, devotion to the country's flag and honor and welfare. Votes: 0

The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective. Votes: 0

The Yoga of action, leading to union with the soul is fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to Ishvara. Votes: 0

Always remember the essence of Christian holiness is simplicity and purity: one design, one desire: entire devotion to God. Votes: 0

Devotees are not impressed by the poverty or wealth in material sense in any way; what impresses is devotion. Votes: 0

The half moon on the bank of the river's devotion. That's the stab wound, born from the killer emotion Votes: 0

I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent. Votes: 0

Come to the Word with a spirit of longing with devotion and humble expectation. Be determined to know God. Votes: 0

Your devotion is nothing more than cowardice. You would not be here if you had anywhere else to go. Votes: 0

Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion. Votes: 0

I’d never known it was possible to love as he did— with complete devotion yet devoid of promises. Votes: 0

I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion. Votes: 0

Developing a Christian worldview means submitting our entire self to God, in an act of devotion and service to Him. Votes: 0

Love manifests itself in our bodies as instinctive craving, in our souls as devotion, and in our minds as pride. Votes: 0

An over-readiness to criticise or to depreciate a minister of Christ is proof of a lack of devotion to Christ. Votes: 0

You cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things. Votes: 0

If you are weary of some sleepy form of devotion, probably God is as weary of it as you are. Votes: 0

Your self-sacrificin g devotion to your purpose in life and your unwavering faith will carry you through times of difficulty. Votes: 0

No matter how sinful one may have been, if he has devotion to Mary, it is impossible that he be lost. Votes: 0

The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions. Votes: 0

It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock will come alive. Votes: 0

A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not. Votes: 0

What a test that is: more than devotion, admiration, passion. If you long and long for someone's company you love them. Votes: 0

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things. Votes: 0

whatever devotion to something else there was in him had been made impure by church taken as a weekly, dutiful thing. Votes: 0

Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn. Votes: 0

A basis for much of the pain women suffer in real life is they must somehow resolve their devotion to men. Votes: 0

Do not read to satisfy curiosity or to pass the time, but study such things as move your heart to devotion. Votes: 0

That Religion is not devotion, but work and suffering for the love of God; this is the true doctrine of Mystics. Votes: 0

My father was a classic intellectual. From him I learned devotion, and I also learned about the life of the mind. Votes: 0

The people are as severe toward the clergy as toward women; they want to see absolute devotion to duty from both. Votes: 0

It is better to say one Our Father fervently and devoutly than a thousand with no devotion and full of distraction. Votes: 0

I don't consider devotion to the past a form of snobbery. Just one of the more disastrous forms of unrequited love. Votes: 0

The worship practices of the people of God are to be marked by devotion to Him and compassion to the needy. Votes: 0

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about. Votes: 0

A devotion to humanity is... too easily equated with a devotion to a Cause, and Causes, as we know, are notoriously bloodthirsty. Votes: 0

The woman who too easily and ardently yielded her devotion will find that its vitality, like a bright fire, soon consumes itself. Votes: 0

Every powerful movement has had its philosophy which has gripped the mind, fired the imagination and captured the devotion of its adherents. Votes: 0

The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. Votes: 0

The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all America. Votes: 0

America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture. Votes: 0

Presently the newly awakened psychology will gradually accomplish what pure religious devotion might have done: throw out Paul, and let Jesus in! Votes: 0

A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion. Votes: 0

I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion. Votes: 0

The love of woman is a precious treasure. Tenderness has no deeper source, devotion no purer shrine, sacrifice no more saintlike abnegation. Votes: 0

God offers authentic LOVE. His devotion is the real deal. But He won't give you the genuine until you surrender the imitations. Votes: 0

Your home is that thing to which you can dedicate your energies with such singular devotion that the ultimate results become inconsequential, Votes: 0

Your depth of commitment, your quality of service, the product of your devotion -- these are the things that count in life. Votes: 0

We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement. Votes: 0

The rewards of life and devotion to God are love and inner rapture, and the capacity to receive the light of God. Votes: 0

No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it. Votes: 0

Filipinos everywhere are known for their love of God, their fervent piety and their warm devotion to Our Lady and her rosary Votes: 0

Christianity is not devotion to work, or to a cause, or a doctrine, but devotion to a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

To desire revival...and at the same time to neglect(personal) prayer and devotion is to wish one way and walk another. Votes: 0

Freemasonry is an order whose leading star is philanthropy and whose principles inculcate an unceasing devotion to the cause of virtue and morality. Votes: 0

May Thy Love shine forever on the sanctuary of my devotion. And may I be able to awaken Thy love in all hearts. Votes: 0

Vegas is the most extreme and allegorical of American settlements, bizarre and beautiful in its venality and in its devotion to immediate gratification. Votes: 0

The best gift you can give to a girl is your devotion, not some Louboutins. But buy those if you're busy, for sure. Votes: 0

Anything of worth is costly: devotion to Christ, a strong marriage, financial responsibility, a life of integrity, and of course, fearlessly feminine mothering. Votes: 0

However deep our devotion may be to parents or to children, it is our contemporaries alone with whom understanding is instinctive and entire. Votes: 0

An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy. Votes: 0

Leave greatness to others. Become so small that no one can see you. This conviction results from growing devotion to the supreme reality. Votes: 0

Keep yourself simple, good, pure, serious, and unassuming; the friend of justice and godliness; kindly, affectionate, and resolute in your devotion to duty. Votes: 0

Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners. Votes: 0

The questioners had that beautiful detachment and devotion to stern justice of men dealing in death without being in any danger of it. Votes: 0

Sachin was so focused. He never looked like getting out. He was batting with single-minded devotion. It was truly remarkable. It was a lesson. Votes: 0

See the Divine in everyone. Eschew hatred and ill will. After years of devotion, many still lack a broad outlook and an all-encompassing love. Votes: 0

Unless devotion is given to the thing which must prove false in the end, the thing that is true in the end cannot enter. Votes: 0

You who are in power have only the means that money produces — we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts. Votes: 0

There are very few adults in our culture able to imagine any genuine life coming from the vertical plane - tradition, religion, or devotion. Votes: 0

Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion. Votes: 0

Only when we see that sacred, unadorned child of our devotion-the Babe of Bethlehem-will we know why the giving of gifts is so appropriate Votes: 0

It is easy to infuse a most fervent devotion into others, even in a short time; but the great matter is - to persevere. Votes: 0

What a woman most admires in a man is distinction among men. What a man most admires in a woman is devotion to himself. Votes: 0

What is important is not victory or the position of a victor, but rather the labor of striving towards God and devotion to Him. Votes: 0

An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching. Votes: 0

I'm not the type to turn to drugs and alcohol, but I do have a profound devotion to art and music - and children. Votes: 0

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading. Votes: 0

Yoga is a philosophy of discipline and meditation that transforms the spirit and makes the individual a better person in thought, action, knowledge and devotion. Votes: 0

whatever our ignorance left to itself, and whatever the wounds that other human beings are, we ought to study ourselves with a sort of devotion. Votes: 0

While those whom devotion to abstract discussions has rendered unobservant of the facts are too ready to dogmatize on the basis of a few observations. Votes: 0

The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow. Votes: 0

Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs. Votes: 0

What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest. Votes: 0

Patriotism is not necessarily defined as blind devotion to a president's particular agenda - and that to dispute a presidential policy is not necessarily anti-American. Votes: 0

The more one makes spiritual advancement, one feels humble and as one's devotion is superficial that much he feels that he is a great devotee. Votes: 0

If by losing the spirit of prayer, you mean losing the heavenly sensations of deep devotion, I am afraid that does not matter a scrap. Votes: 0

It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty in our present society . Votes: 0

The nicest characters in A Week in December are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them. Votes: 0

Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion to God." Votes: 0

At a certain stage in the path of devotion, the devotee finds satisfaction in God with form, and at another stage, in God without it. Votes: 0

The nicest characters in 'A Week in December' are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them. Votes: 0

We are oft to blame in this, -'tis too much proved, - that with devotion's visage,and pios action we do sugar o'erthe devil himself. Votes: 0

Paul welcomed hearbreak, disillusionment and tribulation for only one reason - - these things kept him immovable in his devotion to the gospel of God. Votes: 0

The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have been flown for religious ideals. Votes: 0

Among all the devotions approved by the Church none has been so favored by so many miracles as the devotion of the Most Holy Rosary Votes: 0

Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion to God. Votes: 0

Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion. Votes: 0

Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable. Votes: 0

Opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion to what men fear, and talking of things casual for prognostics, consisteth the natural seeds of religion Votes: 0

Do not always scrupulously confine yourself to certain rules, or particular forms of devotion, but act with a general confidence in GOD, with love and humility. Votes: 0

[Americans know] the traditional values of Islam, devotion to faith and good works, to family and society, are in harmony with the best of American ideals. Votes: 0

Perhaps the most valuable thing he taught me (his father) was that there is no contradiction between devotion to work and enjoyment of life and people Votes: 0

The sovereign electing grace of God chooses us to repentance, to faith, and afterwards to holiness of living, to Christian service, to zeal, and to devotion. Votes: 0

My child, I bless you from my heart that you live long, attain devotion, and enjoy peace. Peace is the principal thing. One needs peace alone. Votes: 0

Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement. Votes: 0

Big money isn't hard to come by. All it costs is a lifetime of single-minded devotion to acquiring it and making it grow into more money. Votes: 0

I am very defective in all duties... In prayer I wander and am formal... I soon tire; devotion languishes; and I do not walk with God. Votes: 0

The secret heart is fair devotion's temple; there the saint, even on that living altar, lights the flame of purest sacrifice, which burns unseen, not unaccepted. Votes: 0

These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more. Votes: 0

Know it for certain that without steady devotion for the Guru and unflinching patience and perseverance, nothing is to be achieved. You must have strict morality. Votes: 0

Relationships are blessings, but they need the manure of love, respect and devotion. A little more would raise expectations and a little less would bring remorse. Votes: 0

I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give affection to the mongrel banner invented for the League of Nations. Votes: 0

American ladies are known abroad for two distinguishing traits (besides, possibly, their beauty and self-reliance), and these are their ill-health and their extravagant devotion to dress. Votes: 0

The height of devotion is reached when reverence and contemplation produce passionate worship, which in turn breaks forth in thanksgiving and praise in word and song. Votes: 0

A state of temperance, sobriety and justice without devotion is a cold, lifeless, insipid condition of virtue, and is rather to be styled philosophy than religion. Votes: 0

America has lost an icon. Ronald Reagan's leadership will inspire Americans for generations to come. His patriotism and devotion to our country will never be forgotten. Votes: 0

In order that knowledge may not run riot, the author of the Gita has insisted on devotion accompanying it and has given it the first place. Votes: 0

Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth. Real devotion is rooted in an awed and reverent gratitude, but one that is lucid, grounded, and intelligent. Votes: 0

Wishing will not make it so. The Lord expects our thinking. He expects our action. He expects our labors. He expects our testimonies. He expects our devotion. Votes: 0

It removes the limitations of his body, extinguishes his consciousness, and pours the divine spirit into him. The whirl dance is the purest form of dance devotion. Votes: 0

The sight of nature fascinates, the family tie has a sweet enchantment and patriotism gives the religious spirit a fiery devotion to the powers that it reveres. Votes: 0

Only If there is devotion to knowledge, the 21st century will become India's century and the foundation of that will be laid by the 'Vanche Gujarat' movement. Votes: 0

The devotion of thought to an honest achievement makes the achievement possible. Exceptions only confirm this rule, proving that failure is occasioned by a too feeble faith. Votes: 0

What I call innocence is the spirit's unself-conscious state at any moment of pure devotion to any object. It is at once a receptiveness and total concentration. Votes: 0

According to new research emerging from many quarters that our continued devotion to growth above all is, on balance, making our lives worse, both collectively and individually Votes: 0

I enjoy reading about the lives of musicians, and find many similarities in their ideas of preparation and their utter devotion to this great, eternal language: music. Votes: 0

Grace is the mastery of truth, the teacher of discipline, the light of the heart, the comforter of affliction, the banisher of sorrow, the nurse of devotion. Votes: 0

By unswerving devotion to Me, a man crosses over three Gunas - I am the Abode of Brahman , Eternal and Immutable , of everlasting Dharma and Absolute Bliss . Votes: 0

I don't want security - to be self-assured - I want to risk my heart in making your portrait and be paid the wages of your devotion Votes: 0

If we understand and feel that the greatest act of devotion and worship to God is not to harm any of His beings, we are loving God. Votes: 0

In the scientific world I find just that disinterested devotion to great ends that I hope will spread at last through the entire range of human activity. Votes: 0

But men are now united in states; that work is done; why now maintain exclusive devotion to one's own state, when this produces terrible evils for all. Votes: 0

Religious devotion is for the individual. Character is for all. There is no loss if there is no devotion. Everything is lost if there is no character. Votes: 0

Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion to the rule of law. Votes: 0

This thing called love was a total mystery to me, but the vagaries of passion and despair that accompanied each devotion kept my life in high drama. Votes: 0

My greatest debt will always be to the movie-going public of yesterday and today, without whose love and devotion I would have had no story to tell. Votes: 0

The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. . . . [A] government resting upon popular suffrage cannot be successful unless those who elect . . . their governors are educated. Votes: 0

You are the reality.The sense of of worship, love, devotion and loyalty.You are the purpose of life and existence. That is why I am still alive. Votes: 0

... many a heart is caught in the rebound ... Pride may be soothed by the ready devotion of another; vanity may be excited the more keenly by recent mortification. Votes: 0

Pete- What does a woman want out of marriage? Louisa- Undying devotion and a warm place to put her cold feet when she gets into bed at night. Votes: 0

Beware of organizations that proclaim their devotion to the light without embracing, bowing to the dark; for when they idealize half the world they must devalue the rest. Votes: 0

Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's or sculptor's work. Votes: 0

Much has been written about the loyalty of dogs, but what I love about them isn't their devotion to me so much as their devotion to being alive. Votes: 0

The great, the fundamental need of any nation, any race, is for heroism, devotion, sacrifice; and there cannot be heroism, devotion, or sacrifice in a primarily skeptical spirit. Votes: 0

The cross is the greatest example of humility and devotion in the universe. Jesus put your needs ahead of His own. He considered you more valuable than Himself. Votes: 0

For the man of talent affects to call his transgressions of the laws of sense trivial and to count them nothing considerd with his devotion to his art. Votes: 0

Those who wish to attain God and progress in religious devotion, should particularly guard themselves against the snares of lust and wealth. Otherwise they can never attain perfection. Votes: 0

Spiritual joy is devotion, it's like a virus you know? It's a benevolent virus, but it spreads. It's infectious. Ram Dass was like a mentor in those days. Votes: 0

I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion. Votes: 0

The children who are 'our future' will inherit a world created not just by parental devotion but by the sort of zealous, focused endeavors that can preclude good parenting. Votes: 0

Seeming devotion does but gild a knave, That's neither faithful, honest, just, nor brave; But where religion does with virtue join, It makes a hero like an angel shine. Votes: 0

True devotion and humility is when you carelessly allow yourself to fall in love with things you consider will make you look inferior, which in essence, makes you superior. Votes: 0

It was an act of devotion. A little like writing or loving someone "” it doesn't always feel worthwhile, but not giving up somehow creates unexpected meaning over time. Votes: 0

These days, Clarissa believes, you measure people first by their kindness and their capacity for devotion. You get tired, sometimes, of wit and intellect; everybody's little display of genius. Votes: 0

America is a simplified ideological abstraction, an emotive symbol represented by other abstract symbols like the flag. It is the object of a faithlike devotion, unencumbered by honest history. Votes: 0

When doing archana (daily prayers) as a group, one person should chant the mantra and the others should repeat it. Mantras should be chanted slowly, clearly and with devotion. Votes: 0

He has taught me the meaning of devotion. With him, I know a secret comfort and a private peace. He has brought me understanding where before I was ignorant. Votes: 0

No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer out through these covers. Votes: 0

God seemed to have become a brand, a packaging, and people purchase this trusted brand with such faith and devotion that they no longer care who the vendor is. Votes: 0

[They let] friendship with the leaders in China obscure our devotion to freedom and democracy when those kids set up in Tiananmen Square, and I think it was wrong. Votes: 0

I am a doctor - it's a profession that may be considered a special mission, a devotion. It calls for involvement, respect and willingness to help all other people. Votes: 0

Their devotion had never been put to any serious test, and might not have withstood one; their love for God was based in their satisfaction with the status quo. Votes: 0

I continue to do something I've done since I was 18, and that is read a chapter of Proverbs every day as part of my daily devotion. I still maintain that. Votes: 0

Indian standards of artistry, and Indian standards of humanity, and Indian standards of love, and of family, devotion, commitment, stand for me as the standard for how one should behave. Votes: 0

I make intelligence cool. I make spirituality cool. If we can make one's devotion to God cool, then I think I did a great thing. I can rest in peace. Votes: 0

Physical scientists probably deserve the reputation they enjoy for incorruptibility and unswerving devotion to pure truth. The reason for this is that it is not worth while to bribe them. Votes: 0

The eyes see what the heart loves. If the heart loves God and is single in this devotion, then the eyes will see God whether others see Him or not Votes: 0

To give either to any public matter of interest or to any concern of my own, but I am in utter poverty by reason of my devotion to the god . Votes: 0

If one will fix his heart in such a way and assist the world and its people, he will have the devotion of the men who see and hear him. Votes: 0

If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love. Votes: 0

BLASPHEMOUS REVERENCE. Acting on the knowledge that the most efficacious form or devotion to the Divine Wow is tinctured with playful or mischievous behavior that prevents the buildup of fanaticism. Votes: 0

Part of the power of song is that it is a beautiful expression of devotion...singing releases the pent-up joy and thanksgiving we feel because of God's grace and goodness. Votes: 0

True devotion must not get dispirited; nor elated or satisfied with lesser gains; it must fight against failure, loss, calumny, calamity, ridicule and against egoism and pride , impatience and cowardice . Votes: 0

I imagined what it would be like to hold a butterfly in your hands something bejeweled and treasured and to know that despite your devotion it was dying by degrees. Votes: 0

Calling on you to give up control of the outer world and gladly accept control of your inner relationship with God, devotion is essential for fully realizing your soul's calling. Votes: 0

Single-minded devotion engenders deep thought, which expresses itself in action. The Lord's Light descends on the devotee, His power awakens in him and, as a result, profound inner inquiry blossoms forth. Votes: 0

She remained both girl and woman to the last day of her life. Under a grave and gentle exterior burned inextinguishable fires of sympathy, energy, devotion, enthusiasm, and absolutely limitless affection. Votes: 0

Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desire, and his disposition live and reign there. Votes: 0

Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a momentous victory is in the making. Votes: 0

It is astonishing that Monod's Les Adieux are not better known. This courageous French Reformed pastor was both passionate in his care for people and singular in his devotion to God. Votes: 0

To read a novel requires a certain kind of concentration, focus, devotion to the reading. If you read a novel in more than two weeks, you don't read the novel really. Votes: 0

The important thing is not the finding, it is the seeking, it is the devotion with which one spins the wheel of prayer and scripture, discovering the truth little by little. Votes: 0

The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring this endeavor will light our bounty and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. Votes: 0

My beautiful soul,"he murmured and caressed my cheek."When you have the ultimate selfless sacrifice it paid my wrong.You proved to be worthy of my devotion.Of Death's...love. Votes: 0

Destruction is a true sign of devotion. As I always tell my girlfriend when she threatens to kill me. 'You should kill me and it would tell me that you love me. Votes: 0

I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work as a representative of my country, Canada, whose people have, I think, shown their devotion to peace. Votes: 0

We have to surrender ourselves completely to the Lord with faith and devotion in Him, serve others to the best of our capacity, and never be a source of sorrow to anybody. Votes: 0

Shall we speak of the inspiration of a poet or a priest, and not of the heart impelled by love and self-devotion to the lowliest work in the lowliest way of life? Votes: 0

I call for effort, courage, sacrifice, devotion. Granting the love of freedom, all of these are possible. And the love of freedom is still fierce and steady in the nation today. June 10, 1940 Votes: 0

No vital Christianity is possible unless at least three aspects of it are developed. These are the inner life of devotion, the outer life of service, and the intellectual life of rationality. Votes: 0

Your talents are worth your devotion. Stop saying you don't have time or it might not make money. Your talents are another form of oxygen you need to breathe in this lifetime. Votes: 0

Zeal' is essentially a compromising devotion to God, a commitment to cleansing the Holy Land of all foreign and pagan presences and to re-establish the kingdom of David as God had intended. Votes: 0

The pious and learned Jesuit, Suarez, Justus Lipsius, a devout and erudite theologian of Louvain, and many others have proved incontestably that devotion to our Blessed Lady is necessary to attain salvation. Votes: 0

I've sometimes thought that it's only by recalling that desperate devotion my kids once felt for me that I can maintain my own desperate devotion in the face of their adolescent sneering. Votes: 0

The devotion that young Chinese feel to the Internet is driven by deep factors ranging from youth unemployment and income inequality to political repression and the demographic imbalance between men and women. Votes: 0

With devotion at the center of your awareness, you don't have to refer to your past in order to make a choice of how to respond or react in any given situation. Votes: 0

A man always mistakes a woman's clinging devotion for weakness, until he discovers that it requires the strength of Samson, the patience of Job, and the finesse of Solomon to untwine it. Votes: 0

Leave to the masters of art trained by a lifetime of devotion the wonderful process of picture-building and picture creation. Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see. Votes: 0

For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people. Votes: 0

Be vigilant! Be vigilant! If an evil is minor, resist it nonetheless. If a good deed is trifling, perform it all the same. Only wisdom and virtue can truly win men's devotion. Votes: 0

Almighty Framer of the Skies!O let our pure devotion rise,Like Incense in thy Sight!Wrapt in impenetrable Shade,The Texture of our Souls were made,Till thy Command gave Light. Votes: 0

I think the greatest gift we can give our children is to show them that devotion to God's purposes - love for all beings - is the center of all right living. Votes: 0

When I look back at my childhood on the Ayrshire coast, I recall a basic devotion to the idea that human nature and national character are as unknowable as the weather's rationale. Votes: 0

But love, I've come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day. Votes: 0

From the very beginning our people have markedly combined practical capacity for affairs with power of devotion to an ideal. The lack of either quality would have rendered the other of small value. Votes: 0

When I work, I disappear into work, which I like to do, and sometimes I don't really have a choice. It's not a conscious thing. It's just total devotion to what I'm doing. Votes: 0

My devotion to my job started from a personal defeat: my first girlfriend's parents rejected me because i wasn't rich. I decided i would show them what a big mistake they had made. Votes: 0

Never despise a drink because it is easy to make and/or uses commercial mixes. Unquestioning devotion to authenticity is, in any department of life, a mark of the naive - or worse. Votes: 0

In democratic centuries, on the contrary, when the duties of each individual toward the species are much clearer, devotion toward one man becomes rarer: the bond of human affections is extended and loosened. Votes: 0

I'll miss the relationships I have built with these actors. I'll miss the devotion we have to this work. Over this length of time, the tendency is to think it will never end. Votes: 0

To be a good boss, you must be transparent. Theres a correlation between worker happiness and workplace transparency. Leaders and managers who offer transparency will earn the respect and devotion of their team. Votes: 0

I have been told by an eminent bookseller, that in no branch of his business , after tracts of popular devotion, were so many books as those on the law exported to the Plantations . Votes: 0

Let us show, not merely in great crises, but in every day of life, qualities of practical intelligence, of hardihood and endurance, and above all, the power of devotion to a lofty ideal. Votes: 0

Revival begins in the individual's heart. Let it begin with you on your face alone before God. Turn from every sin that might hinder. Renew yourself to a new devotion to the Savior. Votes: 0

What an enthusiastic devotion is that which sends a man from the attractions of home, the ties of neighbourhood, the bonds of country, to range plains, valleys, hills, mountains, for a new flower. Votes: 0

Their devotion showed me there were no versions of love there was only... Love. That it had no equal and that it was worth searching for, even if that search took a lifetime. Votes: 0

Always there comes an hour when one is weary of one's work and devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face, the warmth and wonder of a loving heart. Votes: 0

Human beings have always been creative. The guys who were making the pyramids.. and archaeological research has showed us this.. had little figurines made by the workers, to express their devotion to their god. Votes: 0

People only have true understanding when they look at everything from God's perspective. Authentic wisdom begins when we understand that God is to be the object of our devotion, our adoration, and our reverence. Votes: 0

I have abandoned all particular forms of devotion, all prayer techniques. My only prayer practice is attention. I carry on a habitual, silent, and secret conversation with God that fills me with overwhelming joy. Votes: 0

I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and serious in their devotion, but that their singing is crude. Votes: 0

[Do not] overburden yourself with rules of devotion, but persist in doing well those you have, your daily actions, your work; in a word, let everything revolve around doing well what you are doing. Votes: 0

The devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist. It is the highest of all devotions. Votes: 0

Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism. It is actually the opposite of Conservatism, since it is a devotion to something that is always changing and yet is felt to be mystically the same. Votes: 0

Woe to those who despise devotion to Mary! ... The soul cannot live without having recourse to Mary and recommending itself to her. He falls and is lost who does not have recourse to Mary. Votes: 0

Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion. Votes: 0

For it may safely be said, not that the habit of ready and correct observation will by itself make us useful nurses, but that without it we shall be useless with all our devotion. Votes: 0

I really owe everything to my parents and their devotion and drive to see to it that their children had the education which led to the opportunities that they never were able to have. Votes: 0

You tend to become that, what you want most. Look to the light of God, expect the best and give it your best. Make success happen with devotion and dedication. You can do it. Votes: 0

It's all there-the boredom, the devotion, the horror and even the humor in an industrial war fought on a global scale that we'll never see again. Unit histories just do not get any better. Votes: 0

The soldier 's courage and sacrifice is full of glory , expressing devotion to country , to cause, to comrades in arms. But war itself is never glorious , and we must never trumpet it as such. Votes: 0

The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through centuries to come, and his Ideal will reach perfection. Votes: 0

The increase of scientific knowledge lies not only in the occasional milestones of science, but in the efforts of the very large body of men who with love and devotion observe and study nature. Votes: 0

a caring that gains only when losing; an obsessed desire to be bound, for love , in jail ; a capitulation to the one you've conquered yourself; a devotion to your own assassin every single day. Votes: 0

No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. Votes: 0

It takes a fierce devotion to defend your artistic space, and eternal vigilance over it, because the needs of others will grow like vines in your little plot and claim it back for the jungle. Votes: 0

We must cultivate our garden. Furia to God one day in seven allots; The other six to scandal she devotes. Satan, by false devotion never flammed, Bets six to one, that Furia will be damned. Votes: 0

A nation's greatness is measured not just by its gross national product or military power, but by the strength of its devotion to the principles and values that bind its people and define their character. Votes: 0

There is the path of karma, selfless action, the path of love and devotion, the path of training the mind and the path of Yoga, mantra and tantra this is what the various saints advocated. Votes: 0

Its from the deep waters that we come. And we are heartfelt and treacherous like those waters. We come with an unflinching devotion to the mystical and to God - representing life and embracing death. Votes: 0

Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat wearing Muslims. Votes: 0

There is no balm of Gilead, No salve, no soothing ointment To stay the pain of one who's had In love a disappointment-- Unless it be that healing lotion Of fixing on a new devotion. Votes: 0